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Surah At-Takwir for Kids

سورة التكوير

The Overthrowing · 29 ayat · Juz 30 · Makki

What is Surah At-Takwir about?

One day the whole world will change, and everyone will see the good they did. The Quran was brought by Jibril, a strong and trusted angel. Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing) is surah number 81 of the Quran, a Makki surah of 29 ayat in Juz 30. It is number 35 in the Noor Garden memorization path for kids.

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Surah At-Takwir full text with English translation

Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. 2

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  3. 3

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

  4. 4

    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

  5. 5

    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. 6

    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    And when the seas are filled with flame

  7. 7

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    And when the souls are paired

  8. 8

    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

    And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

  9. 9

    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

    For what sin she was killed

  10. 10

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

    And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public]

  11. 11

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

    And when the sky is stripped away

  12. 12

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. 13

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

  14. 14

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

  15. 15

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

  16. 16

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

  17. 17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

  18. 18

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

  19. 19

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

  20. 20

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

    [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

  21. 21

    مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  22. 22

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

    And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.

  23. 23

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

    And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.

  24. 24

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

    And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

  25. 25

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

    And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

  26. 26

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

  27. 27

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. 28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  29. 29

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

Surah At-Takwir word by word

Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
إِذَاidhāWhen
ٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sun
كُوِّرَتْkuwwiratis wrapped up
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلنُّجُومُl-nujūmuthe stars
ٱنكَدَرَتْinkadaratfall, losing their luster
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
سُيِّرَتْsuyyiratare moved away
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْعِشَارُl-ʿishāruthe full-term she-camels
عُطِّلَتْʿuṭṭilat(are) left untended
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْوُحُوشُl-wuḥūshuthe wild beasts
حُشِرَتْḥushiratare gathered
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْبِحَارُl-biḥāruthe seas
سُجِّرَتْsujjiratare made to overflow
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلنُّفُوسُl-nufūsuthe souls
زُوِّجَتْzuwwijatare paired
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُl-mawūdatuthe female infant buried alive
سُئِلَتْsu-ilatis asked
بِأَىِّbi-ayyiFor what
ذَنۢبٍۢdhanbinsin
قُتِلَتْqutilatshe was killed
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلصُّحُفُl-ṣuḥufuthe pages
نُشِرَتْnushiratare laid open
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe sky
كُشِطَتْkushiṭatis stripped away
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْجَحِيمُl-jaḥīmuthe Hellfire
سُعِّرَتْsuʿʿiratis set ablaze
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuParadise
أُزْلِفَتْuz'lifatis brought near
عَلِمَتْʿalimatWill know
نَفْسٌۭnafsuna soul
مَّآmāwhat
أَحْضَرَتْaḥḍaratit has brought
فَلَآfalāBut nay
أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
بِٱلْخُنَّسِbil-khunasiby the retreating planets
ٱلْجَوَارِal-jawāriThose that run
ٱلْكُنَّسِl-kunasi(and) disappear
وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
إِذَاidhāwhen
عَسْعَسَʿasʿasait departs
وَٱلصُّبْحِwal-ṣub'ḥiAnd the dawn
إِذَاidhāwhen
تَنَفَّسَtanaffasait breathes
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
لَقَوْلُlaqawlu(is) surely a word
رَسُولٍۢrasūlin(of) a Messenger
كَرِيمٍۢkarīminnoble
ذِىdhīPossessor of
قُوَّةٍquwwatinpower
عِندَʿindawith
ذِىdhī(the) Owner of
ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
مَكِينٍۢmakīninsecure
مُّطَاعٍۢmuṭāʿinOne to be obeyed
ثَمَّthammaand
أَمِينٍۢamīnintrustworthy
وَمَاwamāAnd not
صَاحِبُكُمṣāḥibukum(is) your companion
بِمَجْنُونٍۢbimajnūninmad
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
رَءَاهُraāhuhe saw him
بِٱلْأُفُقِbil-ufuqiin the horizon
ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear
وَمَاwamāAnd not
هُوَhuwahe (is)
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen
بِضَنِينٍۢbiḍanīnina withholder
وَمَاwamāAnd not
هُوَhuwait
بِقَوْلِbiqawli(is the) word
شَيْطَـٰنٍۢshayṭānin(of) Shaitaan
رَّجِيمٍۢrajīminaccursed
فَأَيْنَfa-aynaSo where
تَذْهَبُونَtadhhabūnaare you going
إِنْinNot
هُوَhuwait
إِلَّاillā(is) except
ذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa reminder
لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds
لِمَنlimanFor whoever
شَآءَshāawills
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
أَنanto
يَسْتَقِيمَyastaqīmatake a straight way
وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَشَآءُونَtashāūnayou will
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَشَآءَyashāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
رَبُّrabbuLord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

How to memorize Surah At-Takwir

  1. Listen: press “Start learning” and listen to Mishary Alafasy recite Surah At-Takwir three times while following the Arabic text.
  2. Practice each ayah: in Practice mode every ayah repeats ×3, ×5 or ×7 with an echo pause, so your child says it back out loud.
  3. Learn it in parts: with 29 ayat, split it into 6 parts of 5 ayat and only move on when the current part is solid.
  4. Memorize levels: each level hides more words until your child can recite the whole surah from memory.
  5. Puzzles: put the words of each ayah back in order to check the memorization, then review it tomorrow before starting the next surah.

Surah At-Takwir facts

Surah number
81
Ayat
29
Revelation
Makki (Makkah)
Juz
30
In the Mushaf
Page 586
Position in Noor Garden path
35 of 49
Reciter
Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Questions parents ask

What is the lesson of Surah At-Takwir for kids?

One day the whole world will change, and everyone will see the good they did. The Quran was brought by Jibril, a strong and trusted angel. Read the meaning of each ayah above, then talk with your child about one way to live this lesson today.

How long does it take a child to memorize Surah At-Takwir?

Surah At-Takwir has 29 ayat. With 29 ayat it is best learned in 6 parts of 5 ayat. Many children take several weeks, one part at a time with daily review. Steady practice matters more than speed.

Is Surah At-Takwir Makki or Madani?

Surah At-Takwir is a Makki surah, which means it was revealed in Makkah, before the Hijrah. It is surah number 81 in the order of the Mushaf and is found in Juz 30.

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Arabic text and word meanings via Quran.com · Translation: Sahih International · Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.